Research Associate, Network Analysis, Social Media and Programming
Hashtags are an important part of microblogging and are used to reach a wider audience of interested people. Much like Twitter, hashtags are also widely used on Mastodon and it’s common for users to include as many hashtags as possible in their posts to maximum the audience reach. Also, as shown in a previous post, … Read more
On Saturday, Wales and England fans watched their team’s playing against each other in the famous Six Nations rugby match in Cardiff. As always, this receives a lot of attention on social media as fans provide a running commentary and develop conversation with others. To understand how these conversations are formed over time, this blog … Read more
I’m still relatively new to Mastodon and, so far, I love it. Ever since Twitter started going down hill (for reasons which I won’t cover yet again) I have used Mastodon as my go-to microblogging platform of choice. I’ve been on Mastodon for a couple of months now, and I’m on the lookout for new … Read more
While Mastodon is still a relatively new platform (especially compared to other platform like Twitter) it is filled with a thriving community of people who love to share their knowledge and express their options. I thought I would take a closer look at a topic which always appears to be part of a conversation somewhere. … Read more
On Mastodon, users have the ability to reply to another user’s post by leaving comments as a response. This feature is designed to encourage users to engage and build connections with others. With this function, users can initiate a conversation and participate with others which forms what is known as a discussion thread. From a … Read more